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Charity Details:

The British Computer Society

SC051487Registered charity from 11 January 2022
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The Name the Charity is Known By (1) BCS (2) The Chartered Institute for IT (3) BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
Address 3 Newbridge Square
Swindon
Postcode SN1 1BY
Regulatory Type Cross-Border
Object:
The objects for which the Society is hereby constituted shall be to promote the study and practice of Computing and to advance knowledge and education therein for the benefit of the public. In this Our Charter and the Bye-laws the expressions "Computing" shall include matters concerned with the furtherance of computer science and technology and the design and development of computing systems and applications; and "computer" shall include any form of computing system. Provided that, in pursuing these objects, insofar as they may be similar to those of existing organisations, the Society shall use its best endeavours to co-operate with them and to ensure that its activities are complementary to those of such organisations. Throughout Our Charter 'charitable' means charitable in accordance with the law of England and Wales provided that it will not include any purpose which is not charitable in accordance with any statutory provision regarding the meaning of the word 'charitable' in force in any part of the United Kingdom. For the avoidance of doubt, the system of law governing the constitution of the charity is the law of England and Wales.
Details of the charity's operations
Charity Status: Active
Last Updated: 30 Apr 2025
Constitutional Form: Unincorporated association
Constitutional Form Date: 11 Jan 2022
Geographical Spread: UK and overseas
Main Operating Location: Outwith Scotland
Purposes: "the advancement of education"
Beneficiaries: "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community"
Types of activity undertaken: "It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals","It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations"
Annual Information Submission History
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Accounts
31 Aug 2022 £22,118,000 £22,366,000 04 May 2023 Yes
31 Aug 2023 £23,551,000 £24,216,000 14 May 2024 Yes Published accounts can be found on the Charity Commission website
31 Aug 2024 No Annual Information due by 31 May 2025
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Charity accounts and constitution – what information do we publish?

From April 2016 we began to publish charities’ accounts, initially for those charities with an annual income of £25,000 or more, and for all SCIOs.

When a charity publishes its accounts on its website and has supplied us with a link, we have made this available. From late 2017, where the charity is a company, a registered social landlord or is also registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, a link is provided to the relevant regulator’s website where the accounts are made available. We accept no responsibility for the functionality, accuracy, or content of external websites – if you experience a technical issue with an external link, you should contact the charity directly.

You have the right to the following information under section 23 (1)(a) and (b) of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005, from the charity direct:

  • a copy of the charity’s latest statement of accounts
  • a copy of the charity’s constitution.

In addition to the above, a charity may also be able to provide you with previous years’ accounts and constitutions, although it is not obliged to do so. You can contact the charity to request this information using the contact details on the charity’s Register entry.

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